Experiences
At Kuramoto Ice in Kanazawa, water is slowly frozen for days before craftsmen cut the crystal-clear blocks into precise shapes for cocktails served around the world.
Head bartender Shingo Miyachi serving a Negroni cocktail with ice from Kuramoto Ice at a bar in the Hilton Narita in Narita, Chiba prefecture. In the historic Japanese city of Kanazawa, craftsmen painstakingly shape and slice blocks of ice destined to chill negronis in some of the world's trendiest bars. But its popularity is also spilling over to bars abroad, from the United States to Singapore to Australia. (Photo: AFP/Yuichi Yamazaki)
08 Sep 2026 05:39AM
(Updated: 08 Sep 2026 05:44AM)
